Honey importer arrested for allegedly conspiring to evade US import duties for Chicago office of German food distributor
CHICAGO - A Taiwanese executive of several honey import companies was
arrested in Los Angeles Wednesday night on federal charges filed in
Chicago for allegedly conspiring to illegally import honey that was
falsely identified to avoid U.S. anti-dumping duties.Hung Ta Fan, 41, was arrested without incident when he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight from Taiwan, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Gary J. Hartwig, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chicago.
Fan, also known as "Michael Fan," of Taiwan, is president of Blue Action Enterprise Inc., a California-based honey import company. He was also an executive of other similar companies, including 7 Tiger Enterprises Inc., Honey World Enterprise Inc., both of which are now defunct, and Kashaka USA Inc., all of which he allegedly used to import Chinese honey into the United States. Fan was charged with conspiracy to illegally import honey in a criminal complaint and was expected to appear on April 1 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1004/100401chicago.htm
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